Pressure field stimulation device

US11318064B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Uccellini Inc. · US

Inventors

• Lora LeeAnne Haddock DiCarlo · Bend, US
• Lola Vars · Corvallis, US
• Ada-Rhodes Short · Corvallis, US
• Avery Smith · Albany, US
• Kim Porter Henneman · Bend, US
• Douglas S. Layman · Bend, US
• Blake Michael Larkin · Eugene, US
• Mark Hazelton · Philomath, US
• Mazie Houchens · Corvallis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 13, 2019
• Grant date: May 3, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 12, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61H2205/087
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Embodiments of the improved stimulation device include a cup and a driver. The cup has a cavity surrounded by a rim. The driver comprises a plate disposed on an underside of the cup, a cam disposed adjacent to the plate, and a motor mechanically coupled to the cam. The driver is configured to intermittently vary a volume of the cavity of the cup from a first volume to a second volume without returning the cup from the second volume to the first volume. In some embodiments, the cup returns from the second volume to the first volume, in between intermittent varying from the first volume to the second volume, due to the resilient nature of the material of the cup and/or the configuration of the cup. This varying of the volume between the first and second volumes creates a pressure field in a chamber formed by the cavity and a user's skin.